Great Tang princess

Chapter 427 Equipment Design
Wu Zetian was a strategist, so clever that even a strand of hair pulled out would be hollow, and her control over the human heart and human nature has almost reached the point of perfection.

Shangguan Wan'er suddenly wrote a poem for her at this time, it must be because she wanted to divert her attention, and didn't want her to feel lonely because her children were not around.

That's why I got that comment just now.

Regarding this point, Shangguan Wan'er was also aware of it, Li Yuechen had told her before, don't try to lie in front of her mother, it's best to say whatever you have, even if it's for her own good.

For people who have reached Wu Zetian's level, what they care most about is not whether they hate her, but whether they are cheating on her.

Disappointed, Shangguan Wan'er didn't make any rebuttal, but just smiled lightly: "Before His Highness left, he asked me to take good care of His Majesty."

"Take care of me?" Wu Zetian asked back, and then burst out laughing, "This girl is filial!"

When people get older, it's inevitable that they will think too much. Li Yuechen's move made her feel better.

Even if this matter is not with her, she can still feel her concern.

For Wu Zetian, who was not young, it was as if he saw his daughter's face again before this incident, and his slightly lonely mood became happy again.

"Wan'er, let's compose a poem with me on the theme of the moon tonight."

"Slaves dare to compare with His Majesty..."

"It's okay, it's just for fun, don't take it too seriously." Wu Zetian smiled and picked up the teacup.

Shangguan Wan'er could also see that she was in a good mood now, and when Wei Wei got up to pour tea for her, she nodded in agreement.

Sure enough, what His Highness said is correct, even if you are an emperor, as long as you don't touch his inverse scales, getting along is not much different from ordinary people, it's just a little tiring.

……

The Mid-Autumn Festival passed quickly, because Li Yuechen was very satisfied with the performance of the soldiers yesterday, so Li Yuechen still gave them a day off today to let them have a good rest.

But the army is an army after all, even if it is a holiday, they still have to get up early in the morning to run exercises listening to the sound of drums.

On the playground, Li Yuechen put his hands behind his back, and said loudly: "Today is a holiday! But even if you want to sleep in, let me go back to sleep after running!"

The running soldiers didn't answer, just ran forward with their heads buried in muffled voices.

But in fact, many people are complaining in their hearts, can they still sleep after running?
Of course, the complaints are the complaints, what should be done is still to be done, and I still run forward at the usual training speed.

While running, they were already used to Li Yuechen's occasional shouts: "Look at how you all run! Even the old lady who occasionally comes to deliver fish to the camp runs faster than you!"

Over the past few months, the recruits have become accustomed to such scolding. Colonel Geng said that they were all scolded like this back then.

In fact, Li Yuechen learned this from the TV series, and she didn't know what it would do.

But let alone, this feeling is really cool!
……

Although the soldiers are on vacation, the officers are still busy.

In the office, Li Yuechen beckoned and asked Geng Yunqiang and others to sit down, and then said: "The recruits have been training for a few months, and they can almost read the words. On the logistics side, are all the things I want ready?"

"Return to Your Highness, the military ranks have been made."

"Well, the awarding ceremony is almost ready." Li Yuechen nodded, and looked at the document in his hand, "As for the naval configuration, it is currently a reinforced battalion with four companies in total. In the future, two queen ships will be equipped. As a warship..."

They were already familiar with such a configuration, and they all nodded to express that they had no opinion.

Li Yuechen thought about it: "In the future, the second, third and fourth companies will be used as regular combat troops, responsible for coastal and sea battles, security, etc... the first company will be like the special brigade of Qianniuwei, and will serve as an amphibious frogman special force in the Marine Corps , continue to carry out corresponding training, regarding personnel adjustment..."

In fact, she doesn't know much about the frogman army, but the training is not too difficult.

As a professional athlete, she herself has rich diving experience and can provide them with scientific and effective training in this regard.

The only thing to pay attention to is that they are soldiers after all, and they cannot be trained in the direction of athletes. The middle speed still needs to be grasped.

Fortunately, the establishment of these people has also been considered in advance, so there is no need to continue to break up.

When he started training recruits a few months ago, Li Yuechen put all those who held his breath for a long time in a row, just to prepare for training frogmen in the future.

Because there is no such thing as tobacco in this era, many people's lung capacity is quite strong, and each of these people can hold their breath for more than two or three minutes.

After training, it shouldn't be a big problem to break through for four minutes. If the oxygen bag can be successfully developed, they will definitely become the underwater ghosts of this era.

Moreover, Li Yuechen felt that among the combat uniforms of the special forces, the frog uniform was the most beautiful, and it even revealed a sense of fashion.

A powerful and stylish unit is naturally the first choice.

Seeing that the officers had no other opinions, Li Yuechen closed the document in his hand: "Okay, let's leave it at that for now, and adjust it according to the actual situation in the future if there are problems!"

"Considering that there is only one reinforced battalion at present, no designation will be established for the time being. The code name of the second, third and fourth companies is the Maritime Defense Battalion; the first company of the Frogman Special Forces is code-named the Jiaolong Amphibious Special Reconnaissance Company!"

"Yes!" The officers all saluted and agreed.

……

Although the troop establishment has been determined, there are still more issues to be resolved.

For example, equip!

In this era, crossbows and arrows are all made of wood, and it is definitely not possible to use this to shoot into the water.

But even if the arrow shaft is changed to metal, shooting underwater with the power of the crossbow alone may not be able to achieve the desired power.

So in this era, don't pursue fighting in the water. It's better to take on the investigation task as much as possible in the water. If you can't fight, you don't fight. Just have a dagger for self-defense.

After all, it is very troublesome to fight the enemy hand-to-hand in the water, which is easy to attract sharks.

The other is flippers. In the era when there was no rubber, the best way to make this kind of thing was to weave it by hand with plant roots.

It's a bit like woven straw sandals, you can put your feet in it. If you dip the front webs with isinglass, you should be able to achieve the same effect.

So Li Yuechen asked the people at the engineering institute to make a pair according to the size of his own feet and try them out. If they can be used, they will mass-produce them and distribute them to the troops.

At the same time, some metal crossbow bolts should be produced, which can be used to shoot enemies who fall into the water from the deck in the future when naval battles may occur.

A metal shaft should be able to maintain some penetration in water without worrying about it floating up.

Li Yuechen wrote it down on paper while thinking, and handed over these things to the Academy of Engineering for them to make.

The only troublesome thing is that the second brother Li Xian is not here, so I have to keep an eye on the equipment, which is too troublesome!
But this is something that can't be helped, otherwise, with the fourth brother's temper, he may not be able to know when the military department is rebellious. If there is no second brother to handle things for him, something will happen sooner or later.

……

After sending the things he wrote to the Engineering Institute and chatting with them for a while, Li Yuechen went to Yantian to observe the recent salt production situation.

Seeing the baskets of coarse salt being taken away, she couldn't help but look up at the sky.

Now it is August, and the beginning of autumn is about to begin. As the temperature drops, there is no way to dry salt in winter.

Fortunately, there have been dozens of tons of salt in the recent period, which is enough for the daily use of the army and the royal family to sell some of it in Dongdu first.

Starting from next year, the salt field in Hainan will be built accordingly, so there will be no need to worry about salt in the future.

Just as he was thinking, Xiao He suddenly ran over: "Your Highness, Governor Jiang is asking to see you."

"Well, call him over!"

After a while, Xiao He brought Jiang Zheng'an to Li Yuechen. Even though he walked over, his eyes were still fixed on the salt field below the hill.

Watching the staff inside transfer baskets of coarse salt, surprise was written on their faces.

"Inspector Jiang, I haven't seen you for a while." Li Yuechen greeted with a smile.

Hearing her culture, Jiang Zheng'an finally came to his senses, and hurriedly bowed: "I have seen Her Royal Highness! I am distracted, and please forgive me..."

"No problem, after all, no matter who it is, it's normal to be surprised when they see such a large salt field." Li Yuechen smiled, "Jiang Cishi will follow me to drink some tea."

"Yes!"

Jiang Zhengan agreed, followed her to the small pavilion next to her and sat down.

This pavilion didn't exist originally, but it was newly built after Li Yuechen came here, and it was connected to a hardened path, leading directly to the salt field and the military camp below, which was very convenient.

After pouring a cup of tea, Li Yuechen asked with a smile, "As far as Governor Jiang knows, I asked you to come here, why?"

"But this refined salt?" Jiang Zhengan asked cautiously.

Li Yuechen nodded: "Since ancient times, salt and iron have been run by officials, and the imperial court will sell this kind of refined salt in the future... The cost, I believe you have seen it, is very cheap, and it must be much cheaper than today's official salt or even private salt. .”

The princess knows that there are private salt among the people, which is really normal.From this point of view, the princess...or the court is indeed planning to rectify the flood of private salt.

The existence of private salt has reduced the income of the royal family a lot. In fact, many emperors have thought about this problem since ancient times.

But helplessly, the energy invested is too great, and it is impossible to finish the rectification, so we can only let it go.

But now, if the snow-white refined salt is really cheap, then the private salt will naturally lose its value.

Jiang Zhengan realized that this was an opportunity for him, so he immediately asked, "What should the princess do if she needs to be dismissed?"

Li Yuechen smiled slightly: "It's very simple! Don't worry!"

(End of this chapter)